Our state Premier this last weekend slipped on some wet stairs at his holiday house while getting ready for work. He broke some ribs, and his T7 vertebra.

Typically injuries like this mean a month in hospital with surgery and a brace for another 3-6 months. If you turn down the surgery and just use the brace you can get back to work quicker, but this means multiple surgeries in the coming years instead.

Overall it's 6-12 months of solid work doing nothing but your rehab. It's very painful, and about 1 in 4 end up addicted to opiates, and 1 in 3 end up with severe depression.

At the moment he and his supporters appear to be in denial about this, but: his new career is now going to be rehab.

He is, by the way, 48 years old, and overweight but not obese. But like all politicians of any prominence, he works long hours and is sedentary with poor food.

This has prompted articles on how to prevent falls. They generally make some vague mention of strength training, but include things like Pilates. We have to lift.